The easiest way to run a batch file on a system startup is to place it in the Windows “Startup” folder or drop there a shortcut.
Programs placed in this folder are meant to run automatically whenever the computer boots up.
In this note i will show how to run a batch file on a system startup for the “Current User” and for “All Users”. (more…)
In Windows you can run any program with the .exe extention from a batch file that is very useful in different automation scenarios.
For example, you may want to create a batch file to use it as a launcher for the program that you want to execute with some parameters.
In this note i am showing how to create a batch file to run an .exe program. (more…)
A router is a device that communicates between the Internet (or public network) and the devices in a local network (or private network).
A typical home router, that usually acts as a default gateway for the local devices, can be configured using a web-based configuration page that can be accessed from a web-browser if you know the router’s IP address.
In this note i will show how to find out the router’s IP address in Windows, Linux and MacOS from the command line. (more…)
An ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) is a communication protocol that works on a “Physical (Data-Link)” layer of a TCP/IP stack and is used to discover a MAC address of a device on a LAN (local-area network) based on its IP address.
An ARP table is used to store the discovered pairs of the MAC and IP addresses.
In this note i will show how to display the ARP table and how to clear the ARP cache using the Windows arp command. (more…)
Each IP packet contains information about its origin and destination.
A routing table contains the information necessary to forward an IP packet along the best path toward its destination.
In this note i will show how to display the routing table in Windows using the route print command. (more…)
You may wonder how to find out what proxy server you are using on a Windows machine.
Proxy settings in Windows can be configured system-wide (for all users of the same computer) or per-user.
In this note i will show how to display system-wide and user-specific proxy settings in Windows from the command-line (CMD) and PowerShell. (more…)
By default the startup directory where you appear when you launch Git Bash is /, that is the installation folder of Git Bash.
If you need to find out the path to /, you can run this command:
$ explorer .
It opens the current directory in the File Explorer so you will see the path in the address bar. (more…)
The Home (~) directory in Git Bash can be changed by setting the user-level %HOME% environment variable in Windows.
This is quite safe as the %HOME% environment variable is not normally set for Windows applications, so creating it shouldn’t affect anything else.
Moreover, setting the user-level environment variable in Windows doesn’t require admin rights. (more…)
User-level environment variables in Windows can be set without admin rights.
The easiest way to set or change an environment variable for the current user is by using the built-in graphical editor for environment variables.
Alternatively, an environment variable for the current user can be set without administrative privileges using the Windows PowerShell. (more…)
While cloning a Git repository using Git Bash (Git for Windows), you may get an error as follows:
fatal: unable to access ‘<URL>’: SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate
In this short note i will show a fast workaround of this problem and how to resolve it properly. (more…)